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Mine is 104sf. :)

I've been telling my boyfriend "NO" for years when he begs for a flamethrower. Maybe I can relent for one of these. :) "Ok, you can have one. But it's THIS one, and it does THIS job!" Maybe then my fencelines will clear up.

Sorry, Steve, I wasn't paying attention, and didn't notice your post and questions. I'm really not familiar with either log cabins or heavy timber construction.... or cold weather. However, I can have a semi-educated natter about it. I'd think that the biggest problem would be adequately...

I've got some seedlings that are purple underneath the leaves. It's been in the 70s-80s (lows of 60 at worst) for the last few weeks... certainly since their first transplant. Only some varieties are doing it. Green Zebra and Red Pear are bright green, but Sungold and Brandywine are purple...

See, now, I figured Black Eyed Peas and Field Peas were in a "bean" category, despite their names. Silly me. :) So all my green English peas will have to wait 'til fall. Sigh. There's a local food/farm/coop thing near me called Hollygrove Market and Farm, and they sell boxes of...

I want peas, but by the time I got my seed it was early Feb, and I figured I was too late. It's in the 80s now, and I don't expect any properly cool weather until November. I figure I might start some in September. My local extension made a distinction between English Peas and Southern Peas...

I just put my 10 tomatoes in the ground yesterday. I'm worried I'm late, particularly since we not only skipped winter this year, but also spring, apparently. It's been in the 80s for the last few days, tho it is staying pretty cool (high 60s-low 70s) at night. I even went slug-hunting this...

Nah, I don't mind the modern stuff. :) I've also got an Architecture degree from Tulane, which has a rather theoretical (rather than practical) design program. I lurrrrrve Santiago Calatrava. :) I don't have a problem with modern materials overall, but I feel obligated to preserve...

I have a Budget Craftsman double shotgun in New Orleans that they pulled the permits for in 1914. It's got straight wood columns on the porch, brackets under the front gable roof, and a few rafter tails exposed (porch depth only). The interior trim is Eastlake, all the doors have 5 horizontal...

I've started, potted up, and am nearly ready to transplant 6 each of the following (tho I'm only keeping 2 each, and gifting/trading the remaining survivors to friends): Sungold Green Zebra Tigrovy Brandywine aaannnnndddd.... another one I can't remember the name of at present. Red Pear...

It was 80* yesterday, and likely to be again today, but none of us are feeling quite secure about the continued high temps. Winter in Louisiana is awfully darn fickle.

I guess someone heard it worked for tomatoes, and therefore must on everything else. :) I was at a big-box hardware store and asked someone to help me locate a coping saw. He needed to find a friend, who needed to find a friend, who finally pointed me at the right general department and then...

The full extent of care I lavished on my hibiscus (tree form, single trunk, approx 5'-6' tall, potted, zone 8b-9a): water; every couple days sun; 4 hrs per day (on covered balcony) hose aphids off leaves; every other day when needed (stopped when ladybug nymphs showed up, after frantically...

My experience with hibisci is that they're rather hard to kill. I had a rootbound one in a pot for ages on my porch, then moved and left it, saw it all dead-looking on the curb for the garbage man some months later and grabbed it, repotted it, watered it, and it popped right back into shape for...

European Union :)

I believe that my backyard has seen gardens before. Along my fenceline I've got several clumps of asparagus. It's thin and weedy and tough and ferny. I've never seen an edible-looking spear. Am I just missing them before they bolt? Or is the patch so old it just doesn't do anymore? Or is...

If there is any water in the soil, it's going to contribute to the humidity in the incubator. You need to keep the soil wet to germinate those seeds. Ergo, you're always going to have humidity in your incubator in this situation. Humidity during germination isn't bad. Humidity AFTER...

They make better lawnmowers than goats do.... :)

I've started some Corno di Toro Rossis this year. Haven't ever done before, but they sounded interesting in the catalog, so here goes! :)

I had been holding out to get my "greenhouse" finished, but have decided that winter just isn't coming and I'm a month behind anyway and if things keep on as they've been I'll already be doubly late than I think I am.... So Saturday I planted 6 each of the following tomatoes: Green Zebra...